<?php

if (! defined('BASEPATH'))
    exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
 * CodeIgniter
 *
 * An open source application development framework for PHP 5.1.6 or newer
 *
 * @package CodeIgniter
 * @author ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2008 - 2011, EllisLab, Inc.
 * @license http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/license.html
 * @link http://codeigniter.com
 * @since Version 1.0
 * @filesource
 *
 */
    
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * CodeIgniter Email Helpers
 *
 * @package CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage Helpers
 * @category Helpers
 * @author ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @link http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/email_helper.html
 */
    
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Validate email address
 *
 * @access public
 * @return bool
 */
if (! function_exists('valid_email')) {

    function valid_email ($address)
    {
        return (! preg_match(
                "/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix", 
                $address)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
    }
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Send an email
 *
 * @access public
 * @return bool
 */
if (! function_exists('send_email')) {

    function send_email ($recipient, $subject = 'Test email', $message = 'Hello World')
    {
        return mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
    }
}


/* End of file email_helper.php */
/* Location: ./system/helpers/email_helper.php */